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Exhibit in Brazil - Essence Exhibition, USA

Exhibit in Brazil - Essence Exhibition 

Show your work in Brazil without having to be physically present.

The artists will not have to worry about anything. No printing, no framing, no crating, no shipping, no customs. We will take care of every detail.

- OPEN THEME

- Artists from all nationalities, backgrounds and styles are welcome.

- All mediums accepted but the artworks must be in DIGITAL FORMAT, meaning that paintings, mix-media, sculptures and other formats will have to be photographed and sent to us. Short videos are also accepted.

- We will print and mount all the selected images in Brazil.

- FREE Submission - Only the artists who get selected for the exhibition will be asked to pay the participation fee in order to cover the expenses.

- Submission Deadline: Thu 17 July 2025

Please visit our website for more info.

https://www.artlymix.com/open-calls/

AQUACHROME 2025: International Competitive Biennial Exhibit of Contemporary Watercolor*, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works of contemporary watercolor. Open to all traditional and non-traditional approaches to the medium. *Watercolor, gouache, ink wash, tempera, and other similar painting media are all eligible. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual or experimental.

Quite possibly the oldest form of painting, watercolor persists today, defying narrow categorization and broad stereotype. Practiced for centuries in concept development preliminary to finished paintings made in oil or other scale-worthy durable media, watercolor also found favor with botanists, illustrators, and portraitists, and was applied to varied and countless surfaces.

The nature of the media itself represents a delicate and dictatorial transparency, fluidity, and a potential for expressive spontaneity. This not only makes it an ideal vehicle for visual art, but also one of training, intensity, philosophy, and play for any who practice it. Where an artist can easily dominate other painting media, forcing a will through viscous layers into a work of art like taming a wild horse, with watercolor there is dialog, compromise, and undeniable forthrightness. In this way the artist practicing watercolor works with a tiger in the room. 

PAINTED 2025: International Competitive Biennial Survey of Contemporary Painting, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works of contemporary painting. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.

At some point many generations ago society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. A decade ago, to mark Manifest's 10th season the gallery kicked off a permanent biennial project surveying painting as an art form. It was first presented in fall 2013 to inaugurate our expanded gallery. PAINTED 2025 will be the seventh biennial presentation of this international survey of contemporary painting.

PAINTED joins Drawn as a recurring gallery exhibition designed to complement our ongoing triennial INDA and INPA (drawing and painting) publications. Every two years it launches our exhibition season by presenting a competitive group exhibition focused exclusively on painting.

PAINTED is a gallery exhibit that calls for works of painting by artists around the world as they carry the tradition forward, or reform it for another day. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual, abstract, or experimental, including those which push the boundaries of the common definition of what constitutes ‘painting'.

Shelton Rotating Art Gallery, USA

Professional or amateur artists working in two or three-dimensional media are invited to apply for the Civic Center Rotating Art Gallery. The gallery is located in the Civic Center (525 West Cota Street) on the first floor. Exhibits are scheduled for 12-week periods. More than one artist's works may be exhibited at one time.

**Artist must be able to deliver/pickup their art between Monday-Friday from 8:30-3pm

, USA

Global Art Curators is offering selected artists a free, no-obligation 1:1 call with one of our experienced curators.

Get honest feedback, ask your questions, and explore future opportunities to exhibit with us or our partners.

$1,200 Grant for Visual Artists, USA

Artist Grant awards an unrestricted $1200 USD grant to one visual artist three times each year. 

The next deadline is July 15, 2025.

We welcome submissions from artists worldwide, age 18+, in a wide range of media, including: Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, installation, and other new or alternative visual media. Please note: We do not accept submissions for music, theater, dance, or film/video.

Heatwave, USA

dodomu gallery is excited to announce an open call Heatwave. The exhibition will run from August 7 - September 18, 2025 on our website.

Deadline to apply: July 20, 2025

Heatwave is an exhibition that aims to capture the essence, intensity, and vibrancy of summer. From the scorching sun to the cool relief of shade, from the vibrant colors of summer blooms to the lazy, hazy days of summer vacation, we seek works that embody the season's spirit. We invite artists to explore the multifaceted experiences of summer and its visual language - warmth, bright colors, light, energy and emotions it evokes.

Contemporary representational and abstract work will be considered. Artists are invited to submit their work related to the exhibition theme in various media of drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, sculpture, installations, ceramics, textiles, photography, digital and mixed media.

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Open to all international artists 18 years and older

  • All visual art media will be considered

HOW TO APPLY:

  • Please submit jpeg images of up to 5 artworks to: dodomugallery@gmail.com with subject line: OPEN CALL - Heatwave

  • Submitted artwork images must be labeled as follows: Firstname Lastname, “Name of the artwork”, medium, dimensions, year, price.jpeg and jpegs must be between 1500 and 3000 pixels in the longest dimension and at 300 or 72 dpi

  • Include a short artist statement, link to your website/Instagram in the email

Selected artworks will be displayed as an online exhibition and promoted on Instagram. Only original artworks are accepted and allowed, artworks can not be substituted once accepted. The gallery currently does not take a commission fee on sold works and all sales will be referred back to the artist. We encourage you to list artwork for sale but it is not a requirement.

Deadline to apply: July 20, 2025 11:59pm PST

Notification letter: July 28, 2024

Online exhibition: August 7 - September 18, 2025

2026 Craft Research Fund Applications Now Open, USA

Grants up to $15,000 are awarded to support new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States.

The Craft Research Fund is the Center’s first and longest-running grant program dedicated to supporting new and interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. Since 2005, the program has supported 255 projects in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico by distributing over $1,900,000.

In addition to receiving this prestigious award and funding, recipients of the Craft Research Fund will become members of the Center for Craft Alumni Network. This social platform is designed exclusively for current and previous grantees and offers valuable resources, networking opportunities, and ongoing support for craft research. 

GRANT GOALS
The Craft Research Fund encourages, expands, and supports craft research in the United States.

Encourage
To encourage innovative research on critical issues in craft theory and history
Expand
To investigate neglected questions on craft history and criticism
Support
To support new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in craft

OVERVIEW
Award Amount: $5,000 to $15,000
Grant Period: 18 months

TIMELINE
Application Open: June 20, 2025
Application Information Session: August 6, 2025
Application Deadline: October 17, 2025
Award Notification: December 2025
Grant Period Begins: January 2026
Grant Period Ends: August 30, 2027
Final Report Due: August 30, 2027

ELIGIBILITY
Proposals are welcome from applicants, including but not limited to organizations, curators, artist-researchers, independent and academic researchers, and scholars.
● This grant is intended to support research and is not for the creation of artwork
● This grant will not provide funding for already completed research or the dissemination of already completed research Applicants must be:
● Applicants must be able to receive taxable income in the U.S. for the duration of the grant and report this grant as income
● Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
Applicants cannot be:
● Substantial contributors to the Center for Craft as well as current employees, consultants, or board members of the Center for Craft, or immediate family members of such a person.

If an applicant has been previously awarded a Center for Craft grant, but did not complete the project or is still in the process of completing a grant or fellowship, they are not eligible to apply.
Applicants may only receive one Center for Craft grant and/or fellowship per year. Awards cannot be deferred to the next year due to outstanding applications or multiple awards.

The Center encourages applications from historically underrepresented populations. The Center for Craft prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability or perceived disability, age, marital status, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected category. Applying does not constitute a promise or guarantee of being awarded a grant.


What is Craft?
The Center for Craft defines craft as a particular approach to making with a strong connection to materials, skill, and process. Artists, makers, scholars, and curators continue to grow the field, embracing new definitions, technologies, and ideas while honoring craft’s history and relationship to the handmade.

Craft, in all its forms, demonstrates creativity, ingenuity, and practical intelligence. It contributes to the economic and social well-being of communities, connects us to our cultural histories, and is integral to building a sustainable future.

Examples of craft research might include:
● Research providing new insight into work by historical or contemporary craft artists, communities, or practices in the United States
● Research that places American craft in a global context
● Research presenting a new understanding of the relationship between hand-made production and digital technologies
● Research supports new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in craft
● Or other topics that offer fresh perspectives within craft

More information on Use of Funds, Grant Requirements, Criteria/Review Process, How to Apply, and a Sample Application available in this grant kit.

Questions? Please contact Mellanee Goodman, Program Manager - Research and Ideas, at mgoodman@centerforcraft.org or call (828) 785 - 1357 ext. 103

RAISE YOUR ZINE! 2025 – Call for photographers, USA

About the Competition

RAISE YOUR ZINE! is an annual photography competition organized by THE DOCKS, a cultural association specializing in photographic publishing and promoting emerging authors. The festival serves as a platform to support the development of editorial projects by talented photographers from around the world.

Prizes

1st Prize: The winning project will be published by The Docks Publishing in 2026, providing professional publication and international distribution.

Honorable Mention: Free consultation with The Docks Publishing team.

Eligibility & Submission Guidelines

Open to photographers of all nationalities, genders, and ages. All photographic genres and techniques are accepted, including digital, analog, photomontage, and experimental approaches. The competition is open theme, welcoming both individual artists and collectives.

Project Requirements:

  • 15-50 digital images (JPG format, sRGB, max 2MB per file, 2000px max on longest side)
  • Brief project synopsis (max 500 characters)
  • Artist biography (max 500 characters)
  • No watermarks or identifying marks allowed

Submission Process: Submit materials via SwissTransfer to: thedocksaps@gmail.com Organize files in folder named: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_RYZ2025

Jury Panel

The winner will be selected by an expert jury including:

  • Camillo Pasquarelli (Photographer)
  • Nick Tauro Jr (Visual Artist/Self-Publisher)
  • Gianmarco and Gianluca Gamberini (Editors, l’Artiere)
  • Ludovica Limido (Photographer)
  • Nicola Patruno (Art Director, Jergon Gallery, Berlin)

Timeline

Submission Deadline: October 28, 2025, 11:59 PM
Winner Notification: Within 10 days of jury deliberation
Publication: 2026

Rights & Usage

Copyright remains with the photographer. By entering, participants grant THE DOCKS permission to use submitted images for competition-related marketing and promotional purposes, with proper attribution guaranteed.

Contact Information: Email: thedocksaps@gmail.com
Website: welcometothedocks.org

Revelations, USA

REVELATIONS

Call for Exhibition │Free entry

Accepted media: Photography, Video,Digital Visual Design

Group Exhibition in Rome. February 2026

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Every work of art is a revelation: ofitself, of the world, of others.

What does it mean, nowadays, to reveal?What emerges when you look more deeply, listen better, pierce theveil of appearances?

The collective exhibition "Revelations"will investigate the concept of revelation as a moment of truth,insight or unveiling. At a time when appearance often subduessubstance, to reveal means to go beyond, to bare, to bring light intoshadow.

The call is open to photographers,video artists and designers who want to confront this theme throughworks that explore revelation as a visual, narrative, symbolic oremotional act, capable of suggesting, denouncing, moving, or simplyprovoking thought.

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Submissions » http://bit.ly/loosenartcalls

Deadline November 16th, 2025

LOST ARTS: A Call for Works By or About Legacy Creative Processes, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works made about or using skills and materials the world may have moved on from, but still contain depth of potential, and unappreciated value.

A lost art is a skill or process that has fallen out of use: wet-plate colloidal photography, punch-card coding, cursive writing. As technologies develop, old ways of doing things fall out of memory in favor of what is newer, more fashionable, faster, or cheaper. The world moves on, leaving behind the detritus of tools and machines made to complete work that is no longer done. The knowledge of how to process film, how to weave, to mix egg-tempera paint, takes on a sacred, rarified, or even provincial quality.

Where does the knowledge go when the industrial, technologically-advanced world thinks it doesn’t need it anymore? How has being forgotten freed it? Who are the stewards of these lost arts? 

FURNITURE: A Call for Works About Extensions of Architecture, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works about the objects that make a space suitable for living—about its use, its design, its crafting, or about the events and work in our lives that happen around it.

A room is characterized by the furniture and fixtures inside of it. Fixtures tell you where you are. If you see a sink and refrigerator, know you are in the kitchen; a large formal table places you in a dining room. Crown that table with a chandelier and you are in a nice dining room.

Furniture’s aesthetic communicates as much as it functions—an industrial stainless-steel kitchen is easier to keep clean, and its smooth planes and sharp edges communicate exemplary spotlessness. Beds, chairs, and dressers become sites navigated to and around daily as we eat, cook, clean ourselves, organize, work, and rest.

Furniture’s construction is an art, its design a science. It is passed down, bought new, found in antique malls, repaired, refinished. It signifies class, purpose, and it changes features and make-up to suit a type of work done with it. 

June PleinAir Salon Online Art Competition, USA

The 15th Annual PleinAir Salon is an online art competition with 11 monthly cycles, and is open to a variety of mediums and styles. It’s not just for plein air painters! We invite a variety of top master artists, museum directors and gallery owners to judge each month. All monthly winners are automatically included in the Annual Competition where the Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and has their painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine, the #1 representational art magazine at Barnes & Noble. 

In addition to over $50,000 in ALL Cash Prizes, winners receive exposure and recognition through our various magazines, websites, newsletters and social media platforms. 

Open Call for Solo Exhibition, Magazine Feature, Artist Interview, USA

Open call for solo exhibition!

Have you ever dreamed of having a solo exhibition? And a magazine feature and interview along with it?
Now is the time!
Everyone is welcome to apply, regardless of your background and stage of career.

Deadline: June 30

Your benefits:
--You can present 30-40 artworks!
--The virtual exhibition will be accessible for everyone around the world 24h for approx. 2 months on artspaces that has hundreds of international visitors each day.
--The exhibition will be promoted on various channels (our website, social media, art.spaces, newsletter) to gain maximum exposure and reach as many people as possible.
--100% of any possible sales will go to the artist.
--You can save high transportation costs, time-consuming handling, and costly packing, as well as possible damage that might occur during a physical exhibition.
--You can add the exhibition to your portfolio.

All details and guidelines on our website:
https://www.goddessartsmag.com/solo-exhibitions

Feel free to visit our gallery here:
https://www.kunstmatrix.com/en/user/102695

We are excited to work with you!

2025 INTERSTATE National, Juried Exhibition, USA

The Sarah Spurgeon Gallery at Central Washington University, located in Ellensburg, Washington, will host the biennial INTERSTATE national juried exhibit. The exhibition is open to all media and subject matter; the artwork does not need to follow a particular theme. Proceeds from this national exhibition support student scholarships in the CWU Department of Art + Design. The juror for the 2025 INTERSTATE exhibition is Alexis L. Silva, Curatorial Assistant at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington.

The exhibit is open to artists over the age of 18 working in 2-dimensional,3-dimensional, and video formats. The entry fee is $35.00 for up to five artworks, and the deadline for entries is August 31, 2025.

Gallery Ring BLUE Online International Art Contest, USA

Gallery Ring announces an art contest and exhibition all about blue.  The artwork must be driven by the colour blue, which must occupy the majority of the territory or be the focal point, purpose, subject or meaning of the composition.

This contest has been created in celebration of Gallery Ring's very own, unique SAPPHIRE AWARD.  This is the only time 5 SAPPHIRE Awards are available in a single contest.

The deadline to submit work is Tuesday, June 10th 2025.  The fee is $20 US for 1-3 artworks.

https://artgalleryring.com/blue-1.html

Many awards are available: BEST IN SHOW, DIAMOND Awards of Excellence, 5 SAPPHIRE Awards, CRYSTAL Awards and others.

Many awards are available including Best In Show, Diamond Awards of Excellence, the Golden Trio Award, 5 Sapphire Awards, Crystal Awards and others.  The top winners will be featured prominently in a 3D Rotation Gallery on the front page of artgalleryring.com and in a special Winners Video on Gallery Ring’s Youtube Channel.   

All winners receive a digital Award Certificate.  The top winners also receive a digital Award Page ideal for sharing the news on websites, social media and clientele newsletters.   All winners and random finalists will receive exposure and promotion on Gallery Ring's Instagram and newsletter.  

All artistic styles from traditional to experimental are welcome.

2D artwork including photography/digital is eligible.

Final Call - Craft 101 2025, USA

Arts Letters & Numbers presents Craft 101, a summer program that reimagines education through hands-on, cross-disciplinary learning. From July 1 to August 30 at our Main Campus in Averill Park, NY, nearly twenty programs will run across Visual Arts, Humanities, Performing Arts, Construction, and Mechanics.

Participants select the weeks they wish to attend and are invited to join any other programs occurring that week; at no additional cost. This open format supports exploration across disciplines and encourages deep, collaborative learning.

Confirmed program directors include Mitch Manning, Taofeek Abijako, Tony Drazan, Ipek and Bahar Avanoğlu, Rich Kuperberg, David Gersten, Sina Goudarzi, Steve Lawrence, Nils Anderson, Lee King, Nando Acampora, Margot Becker, Alexey Yurenev, Bill Morrison, Laurie Olinder, Will Hallett, Jacquie Loewen and many local craftspeople and practitioners. All program details are now live, and additional offerings may be added over the coming weeks.

Explore the full schedule, read about each program, and apply to be part of this summer’s cohort at: https://www.artslettersandnumbers.com/craft-1o1-2025

Beyond the Box - Utility Box Art Program Call for Artists, USA

This Call for Artists is for a Beyond the Box – Utility Box Art Program, in which artists will design vinyl utility box wraps for selected utility boxes throughout various locations in Glendale. The program goal is to bring beauty to unexpected places such as public infrastructure and utility boxes.

The theme for this year is Celebrating Glendale. Applicants are encouraged to develop a design focusing on what makes Glendale special. Examples may include historic landmarks such as the Alex Theatre, vibrant outdoor spaces like Verdugo Park and Deukmejian Park, library branches like Brand Library & Art Center, or Glendale Police Department and Glendale Fire Department WellnessK9s, Brisket and Cooper.  Artists are highly encouraged to incorporate these characteristics and resources distinct to Glendale in their designs.

The Arts and Culture Commission (ACC) will fund
$750.00 per utility box design rendering only. The ACC will select artwork for5 utility boxes. Selected finalists will submit a final design rendering to be printed onto a vinyl wrap which will cover the exterior of a utility box. Artists will not be printing or installing the vinyl wraps. 

Beyond the Box is open to all local and regional artists. The ACC encourages both new and established artists to apply. Artists may apply as an individual artist or as a group. City of Glendale employees are not eligible to apply.

Beyond the Box is supported by the
City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission.

PROSPECTUS: Things We Carry – a Contemporary Asian Experience, USA

Studio Montclair is pleased to announce an Open Call for an exhibition,

“Things We Carry – a Contemporary Asian Experience”.

Stories of immigration often incorporate the idea of worn baggage, as in, what has

been brought over - intangibly/theoretically/philosophically, and sometimes

subconsciously - and ingrained into our sense of home. This exhibition seeks works

from artists responding to the multitudes that Asians/Asian-Americans carry, represent

and experience, as a modern collective. We encourage artists to reflect on our deep

appreciation for tradition while also affirming our sense of belonging and place.

JUROR: Adriana Proser - Curator of Asian Art and

Chief Curator at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.

ExoticRelles Studio, USA

I design mini wax sculptures for sip and paint events, for wedding parties, as gifts and as invitation send offs.  I also design them for couple date nights. I am starting a new trend in the art world and would love to share it with the world. It's something different,  amazing with Individual visions and one of a kind art pieces. We have over 1000 mini sculptures for any occasion. You would just have to experience it for yourself and you would love it too. 

Goddessarts Prize – Open Call Theme: Goddesses – Powerful, Radiant, Divine, USA

Goddessarts Prize – Open Call 

Theme: Goddesses – Powerful, Radiant, Divine.

We are thrilled to announce our first art prize, celebrating the divine feminine in all her forms – from mythological figures to mothers, muses, spiritual archetypes, and women who inspire. This is your moment to channel your vision of what a goddess means to you!

All mediums welcome – painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, photography, mixed media & digital art.

>>> Prizes:

-> 1st Prize: 250 € Cash, Solo Virtual Exhibition, 6-page Magazine Feature, Interview, Winner’s Certificate

-> 2nd Prize, Solo Virtual Exhibition, 4-page Magazine Feature, Interview, Winner’s Certificate

-> 3rd Prize, 4-page Magazine Feature, Interview, Winner’s Certificate

-> 30+ Finalists, Group Exhibition, Certificate of Artistic Merit

-> ALL entrants will be featured in our upcoming Goddessarts Magazine – Issue 19 + promoted across all our channels!

-> Deadline:

 Early Bird – July 20 | Fee: 35 €

 Regular – August 31 | Fee: 45 €

-> More Benefits:

 - Global visibility – your work will be seen by hundreds of art lovers and collectors via our website, social media, art.spaces, newsletter, and magazine 

 - Feature in a professionally curated virtual group show

 - Add to your CV/portfolio with an official certificate and exhibition listing

 - You keep 100% of your sales

- Submissions are open now!

- Full details & submission guidelines here:

https://www.goddessartsmag.com/goddessarts-prize

(Please ALWAYS send us your submission via a Google Drive link or WeTransfer link! Not as an email attachment!)

Artwork credit: amazing artist @rainabirdpainting

Open Call: Abstract - Exhibition, Magazine Feature, Artist Interview, USA

Open Call: Abstract -  Exhibition, Magazine Feature, Artist Interview

The Goddessarts Magazine is excited to announce our upcoming theme: Abstract – a celebration of form, color, movement, and emotion.

This exhibition invites artists to explore abstraction in all its powerful forms: gestural brushstrokes, geometric clarity, texture-driven work, conceptual abstraction, emotional expression, and beyond. Whether rooted in chaos or calm, minimalism or maximalism, we want to see how abstraction flows through your creative practice.

We are thrilled to receive your striking works of any kind to be included in a stunning virtual exhibition & more!

You can also win a solo show as first prize or a spot in our next group exhibition as second prize! 

Deadline: July 20 

More benefits:

-> Extensive promotion via our channels (social media, newsletter, hundreds of international visitors on art spaces during the show).

-> Combine the virtual exhibition with a magazine feature and an interview! (Find all options on our website).

-> Submission is always free! (Please find more info about our selection and submission process on our website. A fee applies only after acceptance, starting at 25€).

-> All mediums and styles except video are welcome & everyone is encouraged to apply.

-> Automatic selection for extra promotion and shout-outs if your work is featured!

-> We also offer extensive 4-page and 6-page features.

-> Find all our submission guidelines on our website: www.goddessartsmag.com

(Please ALWAYS send us your submission via a Google Drive link or WeTransfer link! Not as an email attachment!)

Artwork credit: amazing artist @Setsuko Chiba

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park Art Fair, USA

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum's 2025 Art Fair is an annual 2 day gathering of 70+ artists/vendors celebrating art in a variety of media. Over the course of two days, September 27 & 28, people from all over visit, connect, and purchase the handmade creations from our selection of world class artists. 

The artists’ booths are set amongst the monumental sculptures on the gorgeous grounds of our park. This event also features live music, family-friendly activities, food trucks, and drinks. Art Fair has over 1,500 annual visitors and is a favorite event in the greater Cincinnati area for art enthusiasts in the region.

Application fee is a non-refundable $25. Booth sizes vary in price, see details below.

Pyramid Hill’s Art Fair accepts artists from many different media: paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass works, sculpture, woodworking, and others. It should be noted that this is an outdoor event, and all art, tents and displays should be able to withstand typical outside occurrences (wind, rain, heat, etc.). Pyramid Hill may be able to provide electricity. Please note that electric needs may not exceed 110 volts. 

Accepted artists also have the option of joining us on the morning of September 28 for a complimentary appreciation breakfast.

One feature of the show, is that all vendors have the opportunity to win an award and monetary prize for their work. A first place prize ($500), second prize ($300), and third prize ($150) will be selected by jurors across disciplines. The awards committee will consist of Pyramid Hill staff, local artists and arts administrators; winners will be announced on the second day of the fair.

Pyramid Hill does not provide compensation for travel or housing for vendors. Vendors are allowed to setup the day prior to the start of the event. There is no camping allowed on the grounds.

This year's event schedule is as follows:

Friday, September 26:

- Vendor set up 9am - 5pm 

Saturday, September 27: 

- Vendor set up 9 - 10:30am 

- Vendor Sale hours 11am - 6pm 

Sunday, September 28: 

- Artist Appreciation Breakfast 9 - 10:30am

- Festival Hours 11 am - 4pm

Pyramid Hill does not provide anything other than electric (if needed) and the space. Booth spaces that accomodate electric needs are limited. If accepted, your submission of an application is a commitment to participate in the 2025 Pyramid Hill Art Fair. The Artist agrees that they will be open for business during the official show hours unless the Art Fair is officially closed/cancelled by the Pyramid Hill Executive Director. While the park will have security present, inventory security is the sole responsibility of the artist. The Artist also authorizes the use of the images submitted for marketing purposes. Note that no driving is allowed on the Art Fair site during Art Fair open hours.

Artist Responsibilities -

Each participating Artist is responsible for the following:

Providing their own tent, chairs, tables, etc.

Set up and take down of all artist materials

Staffing their booth at all designated hours of the fair

All sales transactions and payment of all sales taxes

The artist's presence during the Show is required

Jurying -

All materials are reviewed by Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park’s staff and selected outside judges.  Applicant acceptance to the festival will be based on the recommendations of these judges. Judgement will be based on the work submitted, so high quality photography is recommended. All decisions are final and confidential.

In the event of inconsistency with submitted work, Pyramid Hill reserves the right to remove the artist (without a refund of fees) from the Art Fair.
Jurying will begin on 6/23/25. Accepted applicants will be notified by 7/3/25. Artists must accept invitation and purchase booth by 7/18/25.

Booth Spaces are 10 by 10ft. Tents not supplied.

Application Fee $25

Single Booth Space Fee $175 10ft x 10ft

Double Wide Booth Space Fee $350 20ft x 10ft

Double Deep Booth Space Fee $350 10ft x 20ft

Non-profit Single Booth Fee $87.50 10ft x 10ft 

Sinclair community College Call for Exhibition Proposals, USA

The Art Department of Sinclair Community College is seeking exhibition proposals.

Eligibility
Artists residing within the United States who have a professional body of work. Multi-artist or group shows will be considered.

Mission
The Sinclair Community College Art Galleries promote the development of professional and student artists and serve as an educational resource for the entire community. The mission of the gallery program is to advocate and encourage the practice and appreciation of the various forms, media, and artistic expressions open to the contemporary artist and viewer. Criteria for acceptance include embodiment of formal artistic concepts, innovative approaches, and professional presentation. The Art Department aims to present to students and the community as many styles and concepts as possible, but will prioritize submissions that compliment Sinclair’s fine art students' study of ceramics, collage, drawing, painting, fine art photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

Gallery Spaces
Sinclair has two separate, professionally designed galleries.

  • The Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery is designed for the exhibition of all media, including electronic and installation work.
  • The Works on Paper Gallery is a glass enclosed case 7’ tall x 37’ wide x 14” deep. Works on exhibit should be matted but need not be framed.
  • Gallery information may be found on our Galleries Detail Page.

Exhibition Details
Exhibits are scheduled on a four-to-six-week rotation. Technology must be provided by the artist if their exhibitions require any digital displays such as monitors/projectors/etc. Honorariums are contingent on the exhibiting artist providing a valid Social Security Number or EIN. View a draft Exhibition Agreement HERE.

Liability
All reasonable steps will be taken in the care and handling of work. However, artists exhibit “at their own risk.” Neither the Sinclair Community College Art Department, nor the Art Galleries will be liable for any losses, costs, or damage that may occur. Sinclair Community College does not hold gallery insurance. The artist is responsible for expenses and insurance while artwork is being transported to and from the gallery.

Virtual Artist Talk
A virtual, recorded artist talk is requested but not required.

Submission Requirements
Digital submissions should be e-mailed to: amanda.darrah@sinclair.edu and contain:

  • 10 images (jpg format, 72 dpi, 1200 widest/tallest dimension)
  • An identifying list with titles, sizes, and media
  • A resume or CV
  • Artist statement
  • Exhibition Application
  • Any use of AI must be explicitly communicated.

Submission Deadline
Submit your entry by December 10, 2025 to be reviewed in January 2026.

Contact
Amanda Darrah, Galleries Coordinator
Sinclair Community College  |  444 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402  |  Art Department, Building 13, Room 400  |  937-512-2253  |  amanda.darrah@sinclair.edu  |  www.sinclair.edu/exhibitionopportunities

The Print Center's 100th ANNUAL International Competition, USA

The ANNUAL is open to local, national and international artists, and The Print Center is particularly interested in highlighting the use of photography and/or printmaking in new and intriguing ways, both in content, form and process.

Any artist using Photography and/or Printmaking as critical components in their work can enter. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic and printmaking practices are encouraged to enter. 2D and 3D works, including artist books, are eligible.

Viridian Artists Annual International Juried Exhibition, USA

Viridian Artists Gallery is having its 33rd international juried exhibition.  It will be Juried by Jim Kempner of Jim Kempner Fine Arts. Thirty artists will be selected with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes awarded.  Also, included will be a Director's Choice digital exhibit to be on view during the exhibition.  The deadline to submit is Tuesday, June 10th, 2025.  The exhibition will run from Tuesday, July 15th to Saturday, August 9th, 2025.  An opening reception will be on Thursday, July 17th from 6 to 8pm.  

Telling Tales, Call for Entry, USA

A Single image can have a powerful storytelling impact, change the way we see, and leave a lasting impression. Often, a signature image or motif is associated with an artist or photographer or project. We’re looking for images that stand on their own, able to tell a story without supporting images.Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.

Monthly Juried Competitions: Cityscapes + Mountains & Forests 2025, USA

Monthly Juried Competitions: Cityscapes + Mountains & Forests 2025

Host: Ten Moir Gallery
Eligibility: Open to artists worldwide, 18+

Ten Moir Gallery is now accepting entries for two distinct juried art competitions celebrating the beauty of both urban environments and natural landscapes. These open calls are available to all visual artists, regardless of background, medium, or experience.

Deadline:

Awards & Recognition for Both Competitions

  • Best in Show: $150 cash prize, cover feature, newsletter spotlight, social media promotion + free entry to the $500 Blu Sky Artist Award
  • 1st Place: $50 cash prize + free Blu Sky Award entry + features
  • 2nd & 3rd Place: Free Blu Sky Award entry + social features
  • Honorable Mentions & Finalists: Selected for the curated online exhibition and promoted across Ten Moir Gallery platforms

Submission Info

  • Entry Fee: $24 for up to 3 images
  • Accepted Media: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed Media, Digital Art
  • Exhibition: Featured on Ten Moir Gallery’s website with artist name, title, and medium
  • How to Enter: Use the links above to submit through our online entry forms

Submit to one or both for a chance to gain international recognition and connect your art to a global audience here: https://tenmoirgallery.com/art-competitions-open-call/

Questions? Contact: connect@tenmoirgallery.com

Places and Spaces — photography competition, USA

CALL FOR ENTRY:  PLACES AND SPACES

Online Photography Exhibition

Deadline: June 30, 2025

 What does it mean to belong to a place—or to feel out of place entirely?

Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for PLACES AND SPACES, an online exhibition exploring the environments we inhabit, pass through, or imagine. From sweeping landscapes to quiet corners, from bustling streets to solitary rooms, this show seeks to highlight the ways spaces shape us—and how we, in turn, shape them.

 All interpretations are welcome: documentary or conceptual, urban or rural, personal or political, literal or abstract. Surprise us

Open to all photographers over 18 internationally.

MPORTANT DATES:

  • Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Exhibition Opens: July 15, 2025

ENTRY FEES:

  • $24 for up to 4 images
  • $4 each for entries 5 through 8
  • Two additional entries free if submitting 8 paid entries (up to 10 total)

 AWARDS:

  • First Place: $500 cash prize and an online Solo exhibition
  • Second Place: $300 cash prize
  • Third Place: $200 cash prize
  • Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions
  • All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge
  • Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.
  • A short video presentation will be created and shared on YouTube and the gallery website and social media.

CONTACT:

info@decagongallery.com

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

  • All submissions must be original works of photography.
  • Open to all photographers over 18, worldwide
  • Format your files to be at least 2100 pixels on the long side, and under 3 mb.
  • Name the files: “FirstName-LastName_title.jpg”

JUROR: Matthew Christopher

Call for Art- WIDE OPEN, USA

Art Fluentinvites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, WIDE OPEN.

THEME
Always a favorite!! Open theme, anything goes!! Show us your best of the bestfor WIDE OPEN.

CALENDAR
JPEGs due by Friday, September 19, 2025 at midnight MST.
Notification of acceptance and online gallery opening by Friday, October 17,2025.

ELIGIBILITY
This call is open toartists worldwide, both amateur and professional. Work that has been selectedfor previous exhibits with Art Fluent will not be considered.

RULES
Work that is copied or done under the guidance of an instructor is noteligible. Open to ALL fine art mediums (oil, acrylic, watermedia, pastel,drawing, printmaking, mixed media, photography, sculpture, fiber, wood,ceramics, film/video, digital art). AI will not be accepted. Diptychs andtriptychs should be uploaded as a single image.

ENTRY PROCEDURE
Entry is done through CaFÉ, a web-based service that allows artists to uploadimages and organize their artwork for submissions to galleries. To apply for acall, you must leave our website and go to the CaFÉ website atwww.callforentry.org where you can create a FREE artist account. You will addyour details and upload your images to CaFÉ and then you can submit work to WIDEOPEN. If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@art-fluent.comwe are happy to walk you through the process.

MEDIA PREPARATION
Please only submit properly cropped images of your work that are infocus. We have a free resource for artists for tips on how to get highquality images of your work. Visit www.art-fluent.com/resources for a free download. CaFÉ also offerstips on their blog which you can find here www.callforentry.org/photographing-artwork/.

Allimages must be in JPEG/JPG format using CaFÉ guidelines. The image size must be1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side. Maximum file size is 5 mb. 

Acceptedvideo formats include MOV, MP4, WMV. Aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9, resolutionminimum 640x480, maximum 1920 x1080, bit rate recommended above 240 kbps,recommended frame rate 30 fps. File size must be under 100 MB. If your videowork has been selected for the exhibit, we kindly request that you provide uswith the file link via Vimeo. Please ensure the linked video is set to beshared publicly. Your video will not play if it is set to private.

NOTIFICATION  
Notification will be done by email, everyone who submits will be notified ofthe juror’s selections. If for any reason you do not hear from us by thenotification date, please check the filters in your email account. Notificationemails are sent to the email on file with CaFÉ.

SALES
All sales inquiries will be directed to the artist’s website and/or contactinformation. For any artwork that is sold, the artists receive 100% of thesale.  

GIVING BACK
A portion of the proceeds from the entry fees is donated to organizationscommitted to the arts and supporting artists.

REQUIRED FORMS
Cash awards over $600 are subject to federal income tax withholding within theUnited States. A W-9 form must be filled out by the winner and submitted to ArtFluent, Inc.


REGULATIONS 
By entering our calls for art through CaFÉ you are agreeing to be added to ArtFluent's email list for forthcoming artist opportunities. By submittingimages, you agree that the images are your own work, nothing copied, you ownall rights to the images, and you take full responsibility for the content ofall images, including the likeness of recognizable individuals. The actualartwork will remain the property of the artist, our mission is to promoteartists and their work. Should your work be accepted, you grant Art Fluent theright to reproduce your image on our website, on social media, and whereappropriate to help promote further online opportunities. Art Fluent willalways credit you and your copyright wherever feasible. We will not use yourimage for any other purpose without the artist’s permission.

EM25: Call for Submissions, USA

East Midlands Graduate Project: EM25: Call for Submissions

Surface is now accepting submissions for our fifteenth East Midlands Graduate Project: EM25: Nottingham’s only graduate residency. This opportunity supports Fine Art graduates from across the region by offering a free residency and exhibition in an independent contemporary art space to kick-start the transition from university to professional art world. 

Eight artists will be selected to produce a new body of work for the subsequent exhibition. The residency will take place in our open-plan Project Space, enabling the artists to interact and develop their practice in a stimulating and mutually supportive environment. There will be in-house critical feedback, and several opportunities for formal critique sessions with established artists and curators.  

The residency will culminate in a two-week exhibition in the Main Gallery. The artists will work with our Project Team, and will be encouraged to participate in all aspects of event management, such as flyer design and copywriting. The final stage in this collective project will see the artists bring together their diverse creative practices in the curation of their exhibition. Successful candidates will also plan and lead their own workshops on each Saturday of the residency when there will be an open studios event.

Following the shortlisting process, candidates will be invited for interview. We will be looking for artists whose work is already strong and ambitious, and demonstrates the potential for continued development. EM25 is open to practitioners of all disciplines, and applications are welcome from all recent BA and MA Fine Art graduates from East Midlands universities, and graduates now resident in the region who studied elsewhere.   

Resident artists will have twenty-four hour access during the four-week residency, wifi access, and use of the kitchen area.

Application packs can be downloaded from http://www.surfacegallery.org/opportunities/

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 11th August, midnight

No Application Fee

Residency: 29th September - 26th October
Exhibition: 31st October - 15th November

Exhibit During The Armory Show 2025 in New York City, USA

ArtSeen invites visual artists from around the world to take part in a unique digital showcase during The Armory Show, one of the most influential art fairs in the world.

From September 5–7, 2025, your work could be displayed across digital screens in high-traffic locations throughout New York City, right as the global art scene descends on Manhattan. This is a rare chance to place your art at the heart of the action—where curators, collectors, galleries, and art lovers gather.

Selected artists will also benefit from added online visibility through our promotional campaigns.

OPEN CALL FOR AUGUST 2025 EMERGING ARTIST SOLO EXHIBITION, USA

A.R.C. Gallery is pleased to announce an Open Call for three fully funded Emerging Artist Solo Exhibitions in August 2025. This Exhibition Award is made possible by a generous grant from the Athena Foundation in support of making solo show opportunities accessible to a broader audience. Visual artists of all disciplines, ages and geographic locations are encouraged to apply. The artists will be selected by the A.R.C. cooperative based on the quality of their work and commitment to their practice.

Due to the nature of this call, examples of work submitted must be of the actual work to be exhibited, and include a clear plan of display within the gallery space. Work must be completed, available, and ready to display as of the date of submission. A.R.C. will make the final decision on which space the selected proposals will be installed.  

Exhibitions for the three selected artists will take place in August 2025. Work will be installed on July 27, and the deinstallation will occur on August 30th. The Opening Reception will be August 1st, 5-8pm. Selected artists will be expected to be present for all three dates, and to work with A.R.C. members to install and deinstall their work. A.R.C. will work with selected artists leading up to the installation and opening of the exhibitions.

Eligibility

The Athena Fund Open Calls are open to non-members, and non-affiliates with the purpose of bringing in innovative new work. This specific call is for emerging artists. A.R.C. defines “emerging” in regard to this call, as an artist who has not yet had a solo exhibition in a major US city, such as our hometown of Chicago. All work submitted should have been completed within the last 5 years. A.R.C. will favor artists who have a strong, cohesive body of work, a clearly communicated vision of their show, and a well-written and thoughtful artist statement. Artists with incomplete submissions will be automatically eliminated. Artists whose work is deemed excellent, but is not selected, may be added to a roster from which A.R.C. can draw for future opportunities and curated exhibitions.

Deadline for Submission of Applications: Saturday, June 14 at 10:00 pm CST

Creative Music Intensive 2025, USA

Applications are now open for the 2025 Creative Music Intensive (CMI), a two-week in-person program for musicians working in any genre. Hosted at Arts Letters & Numbers in upstate New York, CMI is a space for collaboration, experimentation, and creative growth. Participants will be immersed in the process of making and performing music, with opportunities to explore new approaches to composition, improvisation, and interdisciplinary work, all while developing both solo and collaborative projects.

The 2025 program will be led by Michael Harrison, Music Program Director and recurring visiting artist at Arts Letters & Numbers. Special guest Vijay Iyer will join for the first week. The faculty also includes Bergamot Quartet, Elliot Cole, Payton MacDonald, and David Gersten, the founding director of Arts Letters & Numbers. Together, they will offer daily group sessions, weekly private lessons, and guidance in collaborative development. Participants will have time and space to rehearse, compose, record, and reflect within a vibrant creative community.

Topics explored throughout the program include contemporary composition, improvisation, composing for string quartet and percussion, Indian classical music (ragas, rhythms, techniques), performance and recording strategies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The program concludes with a public performance on August 16, presented both on-site and online, in which participants can perform their own work or collaborate with others. Faculty members will also present concerts of their own music.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Although the extended deadline is June 15, those who apply sooner will have a better chance of being selected for writing opportunities with Bergamot Quartet, the ALN Percussion Ensemble, and Payton MacDonald. These opportunities may become limited as selections are made on a rolling basis.

To learn more and apply, visit: https://www.artslettersandnumbers.com/creative-music-intensive-2025

Call for Queer Writers: Come (OUT) As You Are Poetry Reading, USA

Woman Made Gallery is looking for poets and writers to grace the stage for Come (Out) As You Are, a vibrant showcase celebrating queer joy and identity. We’re especially excited to uplift the voices of UIC students but all are encouraged to apply. Help us create a night of radical visibility. This is a space to honor the ways we come out, show up and show out just as we are. We’re seeking eight performers, each with up to ten minutes of stage time. All experience levels and identities are welcome. We want your stories, your poems and your truths. Please submit up to 3 poems for consideration.

This event will take place during Pride month on June 20 at 6pm at Woman Made Gallery. 

Calendar 

Submission Deadline: Saturday, May 31 | 11:59PM CST

Notification: Monday, June 9

Event Date: Friday, June 20 | 6-8PM

VAA Art500 – Call for Artists | USA, USA

Presented by the Visual Artists Association, in partnership with Artfinder

The VAA Art500 is a landmark initiative celebrating 500 of the most promising and visionary artists across the United States. In partnership with Artfinder, the leading online marketplace for original art, this opportunity offers national recognition, exclusive exposure, and career-accelerating support.

Whether you're an emerging talent or an established creator, this is your opportunity to stand out in the contemporary art world.

Selected artists will receive:

  • VAA Preferred Artist Status: Formal recognition from the VAA
  • Free Entry to the VAA Artist of the Year Awards: Be considered for one of the most prestigious honours in our network
  • 6-Month Artfinder Subscription: Gain visibility through our Direct from the Artist programme
  • The Artist CEO RISE Programme: Four transformative sessions to help you grow as a creative professional
  • Feature in the VAA Art500 Industry Book: A premium, curated publication distributed to galleries, collectors, and art professionals nationwide
  • Artfinder Artist Profiling: Homepage feature, Mailing list promotion to 500,000+ art buyers, Social media post to 89,000+ followers

Why apply?

Receive the recognition and tools to advance your practice. Only 500 artists will be selected to benefit from this high-profile initiative. This is your opportunity to gain national recognition, exclusive resources, and career-accelerating support – all designed to elevate your profile in the art world. Whether you’re emerging or established, this initiative is your gateway to becoming a recognised force in contemporary art.

Becoming part of the VAA Art500 means visibility, validation, and value. With enhanced exposure, collector connections, and continuous support, your next breakthrough begins here.

 

 

Open Call | Art Exhibition in China - Inner Landscapes, USA

Independent & Image Art Space (Chongqing, China) is happy to announce a group art exhibition open call "Inner Landscapes".

Not all landscapes are visible. Some unfold behind closed eyes, shaped not by geography but by memory, emotion, and thought. These inner terrains—subtle, elusive, deeply personal—form a vast and ever-shifting world that reflects how we see, feel, and remember.Inner Landscapes invites artists to chart the topographies of their inner world:emotional geographies, psychological contours, dreamlike spaces, and abstract states of being. How does grief become a color field? How might joy be mapped as movement or tension traced as a visual rhythm?We welcome artworks that explore this interior dimension—whether through figurative representation, abstraction, collage, conceptual forms, or experimental processes. These landscapes might emerge from dreams, trauma, memories, or meditative stillness. They may be expansive or confined, soft or fragmented, luminous or obscure.This exhibition encourages a deep dive inward—not to escape the outer world, but to reveal how our internal realities shape the way we perceive everything outside of us.

ACCEPTED ART MEDIA

All artistic mediums are welcome, including but not limited to painting, photography, video, digital art, mixed media, collage, and sculpture. Works must be submitted in digital format, and artists must agree to have their works printed by the organizer for exhibition display. Original artworks do not need to be shipped. Selected video works will be presented on a screen within the exhibition space.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

August 1, 2025 23:59 (GMT+8)

SELECTION NOTIFICATION 

10 days after the deadline by email.

EXHIBITION DATES

September 2025

EXHIBITION LOCATION

Independent & Image Art Space (Chongqing, China)

ELIGIBLE SUBMISSION

Artists are invited to submit 1-10 works responding to the theme, without limit to art mediums.

FOR SELECTED ARTIST

- All selected works will be professionally presented: images will be printed (Epson giclée print), framed, and installed by the organizer; video works will be screened on a monitor within the exhibition space;

- Chinese-English bilingual online feature on our website;

- Chinese-English bilingual digital catalog;

- Chinese-English bilingual promotion on Chinese and international social media.

COPYRIGHT

- The artist retains the sole copyright for the images and videos;

- Submitted images and videos can be available for public viewing on our website and social media, including in relation to promotional activities for the exhibition;

- All display images and videos will be credited with the artist’s name.

FEES

- $80 up to 10 works;

- Submission fees are non-refundable.

HOW TO SUBMIT

https://independentimage.org/open-call/

Juried Monthly Competitions: Cityscapes + Mountains & Forests 2025, USA

Juried Monthly Competitions: Cityscapes + Mountains & Forests 2025

Host: Ten Moir Gallery
Eligibility: Open to artists worldwide, 18+

Ten Moir Gallery is now accepting entries for two distinct juried art competitions celebrating the beauty of both urban environments and natural landscapes. These open calls are available to all visual artists, regardless of background, medium, or experience.

Deadline:

Awards & Recognition for Both Competitions

  • Best in Show: $150 cash prize, cover feature, newsletter spotlight, social media promotion + free entry to the $500 Blu Sky Artist Award
  • 1st Place: $50 cash prize + free Blu Sky Award entry + features
  • 2nd & 3rd Place: Free Blu Sky Award entry + social features
  • Honorable Mentions & Finalists: Selected for the curated online exhibition and promoted across Ten Moir Gallery platforms

Submission Info

  • Entry Fee: $24 for up to 3 images
  • Accepted Media: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Mixed Media, Digital Art
  • Exhibition: Featured on Ten Moir Gallery’s website with artist name, title, and medium
  • How to Enter: Use the links above to submit through our online entry forms

Submit to one—or both—for a chance to gain international recognition and connect your art to a global audience.

Questions? Contact: connect@tenmoirgallery.com

A Call for Illinois Artists: University of Illinois Springfield Library Commons, USA

The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is pleased to announce a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Illinois professional artists to create permanent original public art for the University of Illinois Springfield Library Commons.

The budget for the artwork is $118,000. 

The Committee is seeking an interior wall art installation that emphasizes movement and flow, emulating the exterior and interior architectural wrapping elements. The total area available for art is approximately 1,014 square feet of interior wall space located within the atrium, a three-story public gathering space serving as a vibrant welcome to the Library Commons. The artwork wall overlooks the atrium, encompasses the west side of the 2nd and 3rd floors, and faces the primary open stairs. The artwork site is viewable from many vantage points throughout the building therefore the work must set the tone for an inspiring and dynamic atmosphere in which students can work and collaborate. The Committee does not have a preferences regarding media or style. The work must be durable, safe, and cost effective to maintain with limited annual maintenance.

AQUACHROME 2025: International Competitive Biennial Exhibit of Contemporary Watercolor*, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works of contemporary watercolor. Open to all traditional and non-traditional approaches to the medium. *Watercolor, gouache, ink wash, tempera, and other similar painting media are all eligible. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual or experimental.

Quite possibly the oldest form of painting, watercolor persists today, defying narrow categorization and broad stereotype. Practiced for centuries in concept development preliminary to finished paintings made in oil or other scale-worthy durable media, watercolor also found favor with botanists, illustrators, and portraitists, and was applied to varied and countless surfaces.

The nature of the media itself represents a delicate and dictatorial transparency, fluidity, and a potential for expressive spontaneity. This not only makes it an ideal vehicle for visual art, but also one of training, intensity, philosophy, and play for any who practice it. Where an artist can easily dominate other painting media, forcing a will through viscous layers into a work of art like taming a wild horse, with watercolor there is dialog, compromise, and undeniable forthrightness. In this way the artist practicing watercolor works with a tiger in the room. 

$45 for up to three entries. $5 per each additional entry.



Includes honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

PAINTED 2025: International Competitive Biennial Survey of Contemporary Painting, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works of contemporary painting. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.

At some point many generations ago society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. A decade ago, to mark Manifest's 10th season the gallery kicked off a permanent biennial project surveying painting as an art form. It was first presented in fall 2013 to inaugurate our expanded gallery. PAINTED 2025 will be the seventh biennial presentation of this international survey of contemporary painting.

PAINTED joins Drawn as a recurring gallery exhibition designed to complement our ongoing triennial INDA and INPA (drawing and painting) publications. Every two years it launches our exhibition season by presenting a competitive group exhibition focused exclusively on painting.

PAINTED is a gallery exhibit that calls for works of painting by artists around the world as they carry the tradition forward, or reform it for another day. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual, abstract, or experimental, including those which push the boundaries of the common definition of what constitutes ‘painting'.

$45 for up to three entries. $5 per each additional entry.



Includes honorarium of $50 for each exhibiting artist, and Grand Jury Award of $1,000 for one jury-selected work from among the exhibits on view.

Summertime Vintage, USA

Winners and honorable mentions will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA location.

It’s summer, let’s play. Inspired by LACP’s location between the Toy District, Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Los Angeles, this call invites submissions for photo-based works that explore vintage and lo-fi aesthetics and technologies from a multitude of perspectives, practices and approaches. You might be shooting with a beloved 1980s Holga, or giving your images a Lomo touch on your computer. Maybe you chronicle the streets of your town with a Polaroid, or you’re capturing playful portraits of people in your community. You might be working with a combination of alternative processes and digital printing, or completely virtual forms of display. We don’t know, but we would love to see them.

As a style and an approach, lo-fi aesthetics rose to prominence in the 1990s. It was embedded in the Gen-X nostalgia for the hues and cultural objects of their 1970s childhood. It was also a rejection of a cultural mainstream that seemed to have preferred conventions over creativity, and was utilizing those as a way to block entry into centers of production. Lo-fi was connected to street culture, to underground music, to an existence that recognizes things might not get any better. And if they don’t, we should probably make the most of what we have and do it with old Kodaks, if we can.

The introduction of digital cameras during the same decade served a harsh blow to the traditional photographic industry. Slowly, it also nourished a turn toward disposable, snapshot or toy cameras that found their way to heart of DIY indie culture. By the 2010, it was hard to find a single Urban Outfitters store without an old camera section.

This exhibition considers such histories, and our relationships with photographic and technological tools, as well as the ways in which they produce new visual languages, concepts and ideas.

TRAVEL: People, Places, Things, USA

Travel expands our sense of the world—and ourselves. It introduces us to new faces, unfamiliar landscapes, and the small details that define a place. Travel: People, Places, Things invites photographers to share images that reflect the essence of movement, exploration, and cultural curiosity.

From sweeping vistas to quiet portraits, from market stalls to roadside relics, we are looking for photographs that convey the spirit of travel in all its forms. Whether taken across the globe or closer to home, we welcome images that reveal the stories, beauty, and surprises found along the way.

We are honored to have Laura Moya as juror for Travel: People, Places, Things. She will select up to 35 images in our Middlebury, Vermont Exhibition gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog and remain permanently on our website, and be promoted on social media with links to photographers' URL. 

Lackawanna Station Mural Project, USA

Call for Essex County Artists – Lackawanna Station Mural Project

bdp holdings LLC & Studio Montclair invite Essex County artists to apply for an exciting opportunity to paint murals at Lackawanna Station. As part of our commitment to supporting and showcasing local talent, we have designated an area exclusively for artists based in Essex County. Lackawanna Plaza is a playfully apt glimpse of what’s to come on a major redevelopment site in the heart of downtown Montclair, NJ. Rather than let the property sit vacant for the years leading up to development, bdp holdings would create a space where entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes could flourish and establish a footing in a unique setting.

A few Details:

No Theme – Artists have creative freedom  /  Murals to be painted in Fall 2025  

Artists will receive a $1,500 honorarium (this covers all costs, including materials)  

A jury panel selected by Studio Montclair in accordance with public art best practices, will

review and choose the final artists     Murals will be featured for a term of six (6) months  / 

Mural size is 17 feet wide by 8 feet high. (See photos below.)

Eligibility:

This open call is exclusively for artists who reside in Essex County, NJ. We welcome applications from experienced muralists as well as artists looking to expand into large-scale public art.

How to Apply:

Submit your application by June 12, 2025. 

You will be prompted to  include:

● A brief artist statement, maximum one page

● A mural concept, to include how this concept will respond to the Appropriateness Criteria

listed below

● A short bio and resume to include public art mural experience

● Proof of Essex County residency

● Budget breakdown

● Timeline for completion

● Samples of your public art (maximum 6)

WEAR: A Call for Works About Clothing, Adornment, or the Worn, USA

The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit original works of art about clothing, things that adorn or extend the body, and anything we wear. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including 2D, 3D, etc.

First and foremost, we dress as a matter of utility: to protect ourselves from nature, to augment or facilitate our physical abilities, and to cover the parts of ourselves we do not wish for others to touch or see.

Clothing, however, is a language all its own. The nuances of what we wear are a way to tell the world, and affirm to ourselves, what we are. The quote from RuPaul, “We are born naked, and the rest is drag”, is a pop-cultural sentiment that contains a deep truth: A kid’s dress-up box doesn’t just contain costumes, it contains identities.

What do you put on in the morning? What does it say about you? What are these things that we wear made from, what do they do, what do they say, and where do they go?

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